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Who is Jesus? In this Preacher to Preacher for May 11, 2025 (Good Shepherd Sunday), Rolf Jacobson reflects on John 10. Jesus says, “The works that I do in my Father’s name testify to me.” (...)

In this Easter season reflection, Matt Skinner reminds us that Jesus never asks preachers to do anything he hasn’t already done. Drawing from John 21, where the resurrected Christ feeds and tends to his disciples, we’re (...)

• 6/15/2025: Jeremiah 1:1-10; 7:1-11 Call and Temple Sermon • 6/22/2025: Jeremiah 18:1-11 Potter and the Clay • 6/29/2025: Jeremiah 36:1-8, 21-23, 27-31 Scroll Burned and Rewritten • 7/6/2025: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 Letter to the (...)

The Pentecost lectionary account takes place in Jerusalem on the feast day of Shavuot, 50 days after Passover in the Jewish calendar.1 This story follows Luke’s retelling of the ascension of Jesus (Acts 1:1–12; see (...)

Palm Sunday is a difficult Sunday to preach. Sermons regularly crack under the dissonance of a text that rings with celebratory “Hosannas,” even as it heads toward the horrors of state-sponsored execution. It doesn’t help (...)

Introducción Los relatos del texto seleccionado de Lucas aparentemente ocurrieron durante la tarde del mismo domingo de la resurrección de Jesús (Domingo de Pascua). Eso indicaría que Lucas desconocía lo que el Jesús resucitado les (...)

Since ancient times Psalm 47 has been used for worship.1 It is plain to see why Christians have used it on Ascension Day. “God has gone up with a shout” (verse 5) brings to mind (...)

The Ascension is not an easy day to preach. Luke is the only gospel that gives us an actual picture of the moment—and then he gives us differing accounts! Luke 24 describes the scene differently (...)

Although Galatians was written several years after the Jerusalem Conference that was the topic of last week’s reading, the question of whether gentile church members needed to be circumcised and observe the law as Jews (...)

The sixth Sunday of Easter may feel a bit like the 12th day of Christmas—officially still in the zone, but practically speaking, most people have moved on.1 All the presents have been opened: Preachers have (...)